Dester,
It will make a little bit of a difference. What will really make a big
difference is going from UDMA33 to UDMA66 or 100. But you either need a
motherboard that supports it or a special card. I have both a 10GB 5400 and
a 13GB 7200 and I can tell a difference in seek time. Good Luck.
Chris Oertell
Arcadia, Ca
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chuong Nguyen <dester223@hotmail.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:49 PM
Subject: DML: Computer question, non dak related. HARD DRIVES
> Okay, I'm sorry it's off topic, but I do need help and the DML is full of
> computer geeks (gurus) and you guys can probably answer my question hehe.
> Sorry. I'll stop the stupid jokes now.
>
> Anyways. I'm getting an AMD 1000 mhz processor, 256 ram, 32 mb nvidia
video
> card, 12x dvd, 40 GB 5400 rpm hard drive. 56k modem, etc.....
>
> My question is, for an additional 39 bucks, is it worth it to have a 7200
> rpm hard drive installed instead of the 5400 rpm? and will there be a
> difference worth paying for? I intend to save a lot of MP3s onto the
> hardrive, and play a couple high graphics games. Will it make a good
> difference in PC performance, or is it just wasting cash?
> -Dester
>
> DML Content: I'll be using the computer to log onto the DML with.
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